A DNA vaccine protects mice against the rickettsial agent Cowdria ruminantium

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 111-119

  Nyika, A ^a   Mahan, S M ^a   Burridge, M J ^a   Mcguire, T C ^b   Rurangirwa, F ^b   Barbet, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowdria ruminatium; DBA 2 mice; DNA vaccine; seroconversion; T(H1) cytokines

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; RICKETTSIA VACCINE; SYNAPSIN I; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FEMALE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; RICKETTSIAL VACCINES; VACCINES, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031910935     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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